Kingham past. 3
Interesting view below the Green of The post office and Plough Inn 1908 (Eaton postcard company)
Lovely pastel painting portraying Farmer Tom Eaton passing by the Plough inn.
It was painted by my Daughter Sarah. I imagine she got her inspiration from the photograph below.
Sarah's Great uncle was Kingham artist the Late Frank Palmer, a page is dedicated to Frank Palmer here.
Painting by Frank Palmer
This lovely painting was done by my late uncle Frank Palmer.
The machine in the foreground is of an old potato digger that belonged to Kingham resident Jock Esson, Kingham church is in the background.
Frank was a self taught artist who moved to Kingham as a 1yr old and spent his whole life there until he passed away in 2016 at the grand age of 90.
Frank painted 100's of pictures of scenes in and around Kingham and many houses in Kingham will have one of his paintings on their walls.
You can see more of Franks paintings on this page
Map of Kingham 1903
Kingham map 1828
Telephone exchange in middle of picture with Fowler house behind.
E.J. Lainchbury senior (said to be) (Photo Gillian Eaton)
Mace family 1895-97 outside Hussar cottage (now Corner house)
Headed notepaper for Lainchburys of Kingham 1930's. Note telephone number 6
Lainchbury Engines, Their work done lie rusting
Last journey 1944. E Gardiner & R Dunford (E.J. Lainchbury)
More views of Eatons Post Office and Stores.
My very first savings account book opened for me by my mother in the Kingham Post Office Shown here. This was many years ago not long after I was born.
Two delightful pictures of the Plough Inn. Photo on the right features Tom Eaton with daughters Gillian and Sue. Photos courtesy of Gillian Eaton
Squirrel cottage 1940. (Photograph by Frank packer)
Squirrel cottage. (Photograph by Ralph Mann)
Squirrel cottage. Once the Victoria Arms Public house
Squirrel cottage 1905. James Millin The Blacksmith. (Frank Packer)
Interesting view from the Church tower. (Date unknown) (sorry for poor quality image)
Grange Cottage
April Cottage. Daylesford Road. (Courtesy of Gillian Eaton)
The Laurels was originally a thatched cottage it was re-roofed with slates in the 1880's
Coronation Day 1953
Bently Burrows planting the Oak tree on the Green.
Some of those in the image (identified by Barbara Timms) are :
Bentley Burrows (with spade), Mr Attewell. Fiona Sheddon, Trevor Allen (cap), Reg Rathbone behind Bentley, Muriel Matthews, George Cook, Mr Terry (trilby), Stan Smith, Angela Terry, Veronica Bridges, Charlie Lainchbury.
Bert Collett and Tony Bond (identified by Keith Harding)
I would welcome the names of any others that can be identified.
Laying of the foundation stone by A.G. Abraham for ten New Road houses April 15th 1920
The four pictures here have very special memories for me. The cottages on the left in the top pictures were once three cottages, I was born in the middle one. The lower pictures show the same cottages from a different angle.
The pictures below are of my sister and myself and my Father Norman when we lived in the above cottages.
A very old worn photo of green etc. The rework on the right is the best I could make of it. I include it because it has some interest. If anyone has a better version I would be most grateful to include it here.
Another very damaged image included for it's interest. To the right is my reworked version but with a missing part. As above if anyone has a better version I would love to include it here.
More Pictures will appear here shortly
If anyone has any photographs and stories of Kingham that they would like to share I would be most happy to display them on this site